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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Video Shoot for UW Department of Family Medicine

Last February, Tarazod was approached by Dr. Nancy Pandhi, a physician-scientist from the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine, to produce a series of videos. The job would involve the shooting and editing of six similar, yet different vignettes to be used in research on mental health and primary care. (The funded project's official title is Engaging Stakeholders and Developing Partners in Mental Health and Primary Care Integration Research.)

With a grant through the University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, the project was finally ready to go, and last Friday we shot the footage. Zaher Karp (who Robert had worked with on the Just God film) would direct the shoot. Another UW employee, Natalie DeCheck, handled the script supervision and clapper.

Several actors were hired including a few that we'd had the pleasure of working with before. Alicia McCanna (Just God, The Weather Report) played the roles of a Nurse and a Behavioral Health Consultant.

In all six of the vignettes, there is an off-camera patient to whom the health care professionals are speaking. Louie Sather (The Weather Report) did the lines for the male patient.

The doctor was played by Justin Riley (Mad City Chickens). The last time we'd filmed with Justin was way back in 2007 when we'd shot the "giant chicken" scenes for our documentary feature.

Additional photo courtesy of Louis Sather.

The all-day shoot was a real success and a whole lot of fun working with everyone again!

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The Latest on Our Films

We've been working for over seven years on a documentary about an autistic boy and his attraction to Disney's Snow White. The project is currently well into the editing stage but more interviews are still to be completed.

Also in the editing stage is Strindberg's Assistant. It's a fictional story set in both 1910 Stockholm and modern day America--and yes, there are ghosts. More scenes are needed to be shot for this one too.

Another narrative short in is No Sleep For Ronni, a sci-fi/fantasy flick about a woman with an over-active "dream state". While most of the movie is shot, once again there are still more scenes to be filmed.